It really has been a while since I have done a crock pot recipe, and with the weather being so cold, a warm hearty soup is in order. This one, a good one for vegetarians, is made with four types of mushrooms! It takes about an hour to prepare everything, and then 7-8 hours to cook on the low setting. Ready to head off into the kitchen?
Here is the list of what you will need:
1/4 cup of butter
1/2 large onion
3 stalks of celery
1/2 cup each, dried porcini and chanterelle mushrooms
2 TBS flour
2 cups water
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 cup fresh shitake mushrooms
1 cup fresh baby bella mushrooms
2 medium red potatoes
2 small carrots
2 cups of milk
1/2 cup of Parmesan, shredded
OK, now let’s get to it, shall we? Get out a skillet and add to it the butter. Next chop the onion up finely and add to the skillet. Then wash the celery and chop this into cubes. Add this to the pan.
Looks pretty huh?
Next get out a bowl and add the dried mushrooms. Add enough water to cover and set this aside so that the mushrooms will plump up.
While these are soaking, slice up the shitake mushrooms and the baby bellas. Set these aside. Next peel the potatoes and the slice to about 1/2″ in thickness, then cube the potatoes. Set these aside. Now turn on the heat on the butter, onions and celery. You are going to want to cook these until they get translucent. While this is heating up, peel and dice the carrots, and what do you do? You guessed it! Set these aside. Don’t forget to stir the onions and celery! Now check on those soaking mushrooms. They should be ready. Cut them into pieces and mix them up with the other mushrooms.
At this point the onions and celery should be done. Turn off the heat and add the flour, salt and pepper to the pan. Stir this up really well and then scrap the whole thing into your crock pot.
Then add the 2 cups of water slowly. The flour will explode as it soaks up the water.
Now add in the potatoes, mushrooms and carrots. Stir this up well.
Turn on the crock pot to low, and set the time to 7-8 hours, whichever you prefer.
Once the timer goes off on the crock pot, slowly add in the milk and the Parmesan cheese.
Turn the heat up to high on the crock pot and set the timer for a half hour.
Let’s eat! The aromas from the kitchen have had my stomach growling all day! Serve it up with a hot crusty bread or how about Parmesan Texas toast?
Thanks for stopping by and if you try this recipe, let me know how you liked it!
G’day! Looks delicious Barb! YUM!
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers! Joanne
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G’day to you Joanne! It is a really yummy soup! I do have to try those crock pot potatoes!
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Yum! That sounds and looks GOOD! 🙂
Very tasty! If you like a soup more like a chowder this is a good one to take half the soup and run it through a blender. Then add back to the soup pot which will thicken it up a bit!
Neato! Never thought to do that as a thickener…after all these years! LOL 🙂
It works! I do this with my navy bean soup too!
YUM Barb, when it gets cold here that’ll be on the list 🙂
Very tasty Gaz!
I could live on soup! There are so many fulfilling varieties that you can create. Have you tried dill pickle soup yet? It is one that you once you start on a second helping, it gets addictive.
Have not tried dill pickle soup. Have you a recipe?
6 cups vegetable stock or 6 cups chicken stock or 6 cups beef stock
4 large dill pickles, chopped or shredded
1/2 cup pickle juice, from the pickle jar
2 1/2 cups thinly sliced potatoes
2 tablespoons instant flour
1 cup milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons soft butter
Garnish
chopped fresh dill
sour cream
salt and pepper
Directions:
In a large saucepan or soup pot with cover, combine stock, pickles, pickle liquid & potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook covered, over low heat until potatoes start to get soft (about 10 minutes).
Combine flour and milk, add to broth, bring to a boil and remove from heat.
Combine egg and butter and stir into broth.
Return pot to the stove and heat through without boiling. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with sour cream and or dill.
Wow! Thank you Liz! We will try this one!
I love using dried mushrooms. They impart such a great flavor. This soup has it all. Looks wonderful.
It made for lovely mushroom flavors to feature those 4 in this soup!
yum yum yum yum YUM!
i often use a crock pot when i’m painting, so that i can stop and nibble throughout the day to keep my blood sugar level. this looks sooooo delicious! z
This was very tasty! You can even toss the whole thing in a blender to make it more like a chowder!
Thanks for a great sounding recipe, as I scrolled through the recipe the photos had my mouth watering. Looks great!
I’m definitely going to try this one Babs, although sadly on a diet so will have to change the butter and cheese for low fat versions, but I will keep you posted when I get to do it 🙂
I think it will still be good Claire! Let me know how it goes!
Looks so delicious!
Very yummy! Thanks for the comments Sara!